This week: how we got the Parthenon all wrong, the derailment of Spider-man and the novel that took France by storm
38-year-old homeless tour guide Karim stands at the Prague’s main railway station during his tour in Prague November 20, 2012. Karim works for a student-run tour agency Pragulic as a tour guide that shows tourists the sides of Prague that sightseers would normally avoid. Picture taken November 20, 2012. To match CZECH-HOMELESS/TOUR REUTERS/Petr Josek (CZECH REPUBLIC – Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY TRAVEL)
Our latest book reviews:
Song of Spider-man: The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History by Glen Berger, reviewed by Jaime Weinman
The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles by Katherine Pancol, reviewed by Anne Kingston
The Parthenon Enigma by Joan Breton Connelly, reviewed by Brian Bethune
The Kept by James Scott, reviewed by Charlie Gillis
Little Failure: A Memoir by Gary Shteyngart, reviewed by Joanne Latimer
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